01 - Aircraft and Systems Integration
KNOWLEDGE-BASED FUTURE COMBAT AIRCRAFT OPTIMIZATION
R.C. Munjulury¹, A.M. Abdalla, University of São Paulo, Brazil; I. Staack¹, P. Krus¹; ¹Linköping University, Sweden
Future combat aircraft inherently conceal all the components inside the aircraft mainly for stealth reasons. The geometry is optimized based on the area distribution for subsonic and supersonic flight and the components and payload to be fitted inside the aircraft. The requirements to be fulfilled are fuel consumption, mission profile and military performance. Analytical methods are used for faster aerodynamic and structural optimization. The result obtained is then compared with high fidelity aero-structural analysis.